Word: deter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...others worried that the recent cold front might deter students from skating...
This weekend’s hellish snow did little to deter hardcore G&S fans, though the odd seat did remain empty. Come hopefully better weather next weekend, The Gondoliers will definitely be worth a gander...
...recruit top academics, especially in fields with a lot of private-sector competition, like law and IT," says Ivor Crewe, of the representative body Universities U.K. But Tim Yeo, the opposition Conservative Party's spokesman for education, says the debts students accrue "will become so large that they will deter some students from attending university." Both the Tories and Liberal Democrats want to use taxes to pay the education bill. But despite the widespread protests, some students agree that they should share the cost of their education. Dan Ashley, a spokesman for the National Union of Students, says he objects...
...don’t think the President’s decision will at all deter the law faculty from fighting this amendment with a serious lawsuit...
...strategies, U.S. forces in Iraq are taking the fight to an enemy often difficult to find. Last weekend, a new get-tough policy saw U.S. air strikes in the Sunni Triangle following the downing of a third U.S. helicopter in two weeks. The show of force is designed to deter the locals who have either supported the insurgents or, at least, failed to cooperate with the U.S. forces to weed them out. One obvious danger is that large-scale counterinsurgency operations tend to alienate the local population, and generate support for the insurgency. A second danger is that an escalation...